Improvement in cheese-presses



` man sale' ROBERT ALLEN, OIE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 110,105, dated December 13,l 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT ALLEN, of Cleveland, inthe county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Presses, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part'of this specification.

Specification.

Figure l is a side view of the press.

Figure 2 shows an end view of the same.

Figure 3 shows a top View.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views. The nature of this invention relates to a cheesepress, the object of which is to obain a strong,simple, 'and powerful press, by the employmentof an arrangement o1 levers so that it shall be self-pressing and continuous inthe application of pressure to the cheese, as hereinafter set forth.

A represents the bed or table of the press, mounted' upon the legs B.

At each end of the'table is a standard, C D, connected to each other by a beam, E.

To the upper end of the standard D is pivoted one end'of a lever, F, fig. 3, to the free end of which is hung a weight, 'G.

One end of a secondarylever, H, is pivoted to the beam in a stay, I, whereas the free end is controlled by a standard, J projecting through the lever, a slot, a, therein, beingprovided for its admission, as shown.

K is a follower or press-board'fitted betweenthe standards C D, and slides vertically therein' in grooves formed along the inside of each standard.

Said grooves are indicated by the dotted lines b, fig. 2.

A lug, indicated by the dotted lines c, fig. 3, projects from each side of the follower iut-o said grooves and which serve as guides for the movement of the follower.

In raising the follower the levers F l-I will be ele- Y vated as indicated by the dotted lilies d. Now, ouin-- serting apiu, e, 'in the standard L, immediately under the lever H, and another pim-f, iu the standard J, immediately under the lcvcr F, the force of the lever F will be exerted upon the arm ofthe lever H, which in turn coniu'iuuicatcs it to the standard and follower,

y and, as a consequence, to the cheese.

By this combination of levcragea great pressure is made upon the cheese, and which is continuously' exerted, therefore requiring no care Vor constant attention to continue the pressure until the work of pressing-is completed.

It will be obvious that thedegree of pressure exerted will be proportional to the size of the weight G 5 hence more or less pressure is easily obtained by changing the weightor by shifting it near to or away from the end ot' the lever, as the case may be.

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That I claim as my improvement, and desire to seeure by Letters Pat-ent, is^

In the cheese-press herein described, the arrangement ot' the standards C D, grooves b, lugs c, follower K, hinged levers II F, standard L, and pins c f, `when all constructed and arranged as described.

' ROBERT ALLEN.

lvitnesses:

J. H. BUnmDGn A 7 D. L. BUMPHREY. 

